Tag Archives: Battle of Liberty Place

Memorials and Memory on a French Quarter Dog Walk

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Neil P. Chatelain

My wife and I, along with our spunky mutt Mouton (named after General Jean-Jacques-Alfred- Alexandre Mouton), spent the week before Christmas 2021 in New Orleans. My younger sister got married that week and we were sure to not miss out. … Continue reading →

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On Monuments, America Must Never Surrender to Confederates, Old or New (part two)

Posted on February 3, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

part two of four ECW is pleased to welcome guest author Frank J. Scaturro. Frank is president of the Grant Monument Association and the author of President Grant Reconsidered and The Supreme Court’s Retreat from Reconstruction. He is currently writing a book … Continue reading →

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Echoes of the Reconstruction Era: October 2020

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

ECW welcomes back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog. The White League was one of the largest and most dangerous of the Reconstruction Era militias. It embraced the worldview of the Ku Klux Klan, without the funny robes … Continue reading →

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Monumental Discussion: Matt Stanley

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Matt Stanley

Part of being an historian is changing your conclusions in light of new evidence. Just days ago, on the anniversary of the U.S. dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, I explained to a colleague how my views on the … Continue reading →

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